Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-14
/ HOT DEBATE
Two Of the Members Of the Commons
Talk Hard About the Lords and
Are Suspended.
Editor 0'Brien's Fri,uds Complain Be-
cause He is Confined IN q UeH Nine
by Four Feet.
1h' "iteheIl's Town anair Discussed In
Parliament ParneH says the Police
AC.Cu Like Coasrds.
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sUsTENDED gRoM TIE cnLLLnNs

StStENIED bkOM THE COMMONS.
LONDON, Sept. I3-Du1ins the tfscas.
sion in the House Of Commons last night
of The amendment made in the House of
Lords 10 the coal miners bill, Mr. GA
ham, 81 advanced Liberal member for
Lsnarhshire, was suspended lyr refusing
10 apologize for deroEatory reference to
the House of Lords.
Mr.. Edward darlington, Natioua.
member for West Kerry, WAS slsO sus
pended during last Ii gifts sitting. At tde
time the House wes considering the
amendment made by the House of Lords
TO tue trunk bill in reference to the
weekly payment Of wages in Ireland.
Mr.. Harrington after being warned for
his uutersuces during debate was ordered
0y the Speaker TO take his seat He
replied p2ssion9teIy: 81 Will not resume
my seat. You haye been watching to
pounce upon me ever since rose. /
claim my right to speak" Mr.. Hsrrtng-
ton WAS thereupOn suspended, and
retired from the House amid the cheers
OF the Psrnellite members.
IN THE COMMONS.
LONDON, Sept. l5.-lu the Commons
this evening Graham, Home Ruler, in his
speech attacked the House OF Lords for
daring to dictate TO men elected by the
people.
The Speaker demanded an apology for
this fsiIure TO observe his previous re
Duke, and on Grahsn's refusal to apollo
gize the Speaker named him, and Graham
left the House. The Speaker also named
MIR. Harrington.
W. IL. Smith, government leader, moved
that Harrington be suspended. The
motion was greeted with irCniclI laughter
by the ParnelIitos, end with cries Of
"hesr the bookseller" referring to
Smiths proprietOrship OF Z number OF
book stalls in London. Harrington with
drew during 2he division on Smiths
motion.
JJnn Phillip Nolan, Home Ruler, asked
if it was true that William O'Brien WIS
confined in i cell nine by four feet, and if
Balfour, Chief Secretary for ireland,
meant 10 order reasonable acCOmmOda-
tl0Es Tor the prisoner. =
Bzltcur aa!d he had 10 k10wled re re-
sptc7iUg the nature Of the cell &C upied
by O'Briea. OF course Il was his BAL
f0ur's) desire that O'Bri@a be comiorta-
big c3ndEed, and the prison rules pro
yjded that uutried prisoners should nave
EGdkOU6DIC observation-disclosures.
\ Dian said ne hoped J4u government
would relax the prison rules applicable 10
political G fenders Ia Ireland, and especial
ly urged the mobilization Of the degrad-
ing duties enforced on common criminals.
BslfOur said he was unable TO see that
the offenses Of persons arrested under
the crimes act differed from offenses IN
der the ordinary law. Any alterations in
the treatment of prisoners ought 20 De
applied alter due inquiry. All prisoners
should be treated alike regarding prison
discipline. lie saw some difficulty
reconcuiGg the statement now made
with the language formerly used by the
Irish members to the effect that Il the
crimes act was enforced, the prisoners
put in isu under its provisions would be
better off than outside the prisons. He
Il as unable to conceive now the Irish
members could make any distinction be-
tween the prison treatment of persons
under arrest for incitiGg people to crime
aad outrage, than given tho IN
der arrest for committing crime
and outrage. O'Brien had only
| himself to thank for being
! now in custody. Ii ne appeared in court
ct MitChellsto wn TO answer the summons
/ CSI4lLL SAAtiALss ILL ~ NJBSIA LAL4 dL!Ol
answer the charge against him, even if
convicted, he might have remained st
large prior to adjudication Of the appeal.
| Conservative cheers.
Labouchere denounced the police &C
count of the Mitchell5town ARRAY as d
gross, im2udent tissue Of lies. he char
J scterZed the men who issued the account
90 liars as well ss murderers. He de-
manded al impartial inquiry into the out
rage.
ParneI said nothing reflected more dis
credit on the government than the present
treatment OF political prisoners. The
late Mr.. Forster treated MS prisoners
with humanity. Now the government
tried to strike terror into the hearts o1
their opponents by treating political
prisoners like criminals of the basest
type. Referring to the MitcheilstoWr
affair Parnell declared no government re-
porter ever molested GHy OF the
thousand meetings which had beer
held by the Irish Nationa
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